60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Story Rich, Exploration, Interactive Fiction.
THOHH is a first-person narrative game in which you play a food delivery guy. Through a series of vignettes, you cross paths with the residents of a beautiful house on Holland Hill road, where you make frequent deliveries. In the wake of tragedy, something ominous looms behind their front door.
The Haunting of Joni Evers
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
The Last Entry
Adam remembers nothing he doesn't write down. His wife is missing — and so is his memory of tonight. His whole life waits out back in the shed. Step inside his written days, audit his ledgers, pin the marriage to the wall until it says where she went. A first-person mystery on paper.
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 10.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
Adam remembers nothing he doesn't write down. His wife is missing — and so is his memory of tonight. His whole life waits out back in the shed. Step inside his written days, audit his ledgers, pin the marriage to the wall until it says where she went. A first-person mystery on paper.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%, First-Person 8.7%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Emotional 8%
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Emotional 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Stylized 9.8%, Emotional 9.2%, First-Person 7%
You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 8%, Exploration 7%
Play as three guests of the rundown Motel Styx, overseen by the charming yet guarded Charon (and their cat). Explore your surroundings to uncover Charon's past and forever alter the future of the motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Exploration 7.5%
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Casual 8%, Emotional 7.5%
Rescued at birth from a life of bondage, Eddie resolves to win his mother’s freedom from the tyranny of his father by defeating him when they meet in the arena. Join Eddie as he fights for his life in this non-combat adventure to dethrone a champion and rescue a slave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, First-Person 8%, Exploration 7.8%
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 9.1%, Exploration 7.9%
Explore a surreal dream world built from one man’s memories in this remastered story-rich first-person mystery/adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, First-Person 7.5%, Exploration 7.1%
After his wife Merry dies, Richard finds a letter containing seven final wishes she left behind. Fulfill them one by one, revisit the memories of their life together, and slowly bring color back into a world that has turned completely gray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Emotional 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Story Rich 11.2%
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Casual 8.9%
A narrative healing game. You run the Hall of Gathering Light — an old house between reality and forgetting. People come carrying memories they can't let go of. You help them repair broken memories. No fail states — your choices shape the ending. Every memory is worth keeping.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Exploration 7%
A first-person psychological puzzle game set in Eastern Europe, 1999. Explore a surreal black-and-white world, decipher an invented alphabet using a reality-altering mask, and unlock the story letter by letter.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
Hey Dad, this might be a bit strange, but I’ve made a game for you. It’s about you and me, and the walks we used to take. Could you let me know what you think once you’ve finished it? - Junebug
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, First-Person 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Emotional 9.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
In this not so ordinary psychological horror your soul is bound from birth to fufil a singular purpose. Suffering a loss that has kicked in motion the bindings of your destiny, enter Ordinary Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Story Rich 15.2%, Emotional 9.9%, Mystery 7.3%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
Something's hiding in the cassette. Rearrange the words of your enemies to investigate a small-town conspiracy in this mystery puzzle game.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20%, Emotional 14.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
The Night Archive is an episodic first-person horror series where each episode tells a story pulled from the darkest corners of true crime. These are the stories of those who lived to tell about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%, First-Person 8.1%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, First-Person 8.4%
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 13%, Story Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%
Growing older has nothing to do with feeling grown up. Face the challenges of adulthood with Liv, Albert and Finja in this interactive visual novel by exploring their everyday lives through point-and-click interactions as well as mini games and figure out the secrets of how to be an adult!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Emotional 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
For Her is a single-player, story-driven psychological horror game that delves into the depths of morality, sacrifice, and the human psyche. You play as David Hill, a dedicated police officer in Dismas City. A loving husband and father, David always puts his family first, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Stylized 9.1%, Supernatural 7.3%
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 7.5%, First-Person 7.3%
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Emotional 9.3%
Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, First-Person 8.1%
Giants is a first-person narrative game that tells the tragic story of the residents of the 8th floor. The company has sent you here to investigate certain incidents for insurance purposes. Explore the building and the residents' apartments.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Casual 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Emotional 7.8%
Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%
A story-driven psychological horror that chases the truth behind Rachel's death. As you follow scattered memories, you slowly come face to face with the reality of the tragedy. Blaming someone is easy. But answering what truly killed her is not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Emotional 11.7%, Story Rich 8%
First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
It starts like any other late shift—quiet office, dull glow of the monitor, work dragging on. You think you’re alone. But then the screen flickers. A message pops up. Not from your team. Not from anyone you know. Suddenly the silence feels heavier. Something’s here. And it doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%
After being stranded in a decaying amusement park, an elementary school student and his estranged older brother discover that the city they grew up in has been tampered with. Tianfang Funland is a surreal adventure game with retro game visuals that bring players to 2010s Beijing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Emotional 11.4%, Stylized 8.1%
For old times sake is a wholesome roleplaying game about a student historian investigating a forgery. scoot and jump to explore the big open world and speak with the locals to solve the mystery!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 7.9%
In this first-person narrative experience, you step into the shoes of a young girl. Explore a rural farmhouse and witness everyday family life through her eyes. Across 13 consecutive days, you'll realize that your family is not what it seems. Will you notice what everyone else leaves unsaid?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Emotional 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Story Rich 10%, Exploration 9.4%
A gorgeous 3rd person casual adventure game centred around a dying soldier wondering through the elysian field witnessing the final moments of those already gone before leaving his own final mark. Uncover memories and a final conversation before laying to rest.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 16%, Casual 9.3%, Stylized 9%
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Mystery 9.7%
Settled At Sea is a first-person mystery set on a remote Scottish island. You are a lighthouse keeper grieving your wife's death-but the island doesn't feel as isolated as it should.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Mystery 8.1%
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Emotional 12.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 9.4%
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Emotional 12.6%, Casual 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.3%
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Emotional 11.2%, First-Person 9%, Stylized 8.8%
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
Kill a sheep - Feed it to a tree - Listen to a poem. Sheeps is a poem-based adventure in a small open-world. Find 100 poems contained within the sheeps roaming the world. Reading more poems expands the world, unlocks new abilities, and reveals characters from the poems to converse with.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Story Rich 6.8%
A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules already at work. No branches or bad endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Story Rich 20.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Exploration 8.1%
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 8.9%
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 8.8%, Emotional 7.4%
A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic-tragedy visual novel set in 1920s Sicily.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post is a first-person psychological horror and narrative-driven mystery solving game. Where you play as a newly stationed lookout in Summit Ridge National Park. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Emotional 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
One night alone at the campground he loved as a kid. Closed for years, chained at the gate, rotting. A friend arrives at sunrise. Episode 2 of The Night Archive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 7.2%, Exploration 6.5%
